Luke 23:24

World English Bible (2000)

Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:2 : 2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • Matt 27:26 : 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
  • Mark 15:15 : 15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
  • John 19:1 : 1 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.

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  • Luke 23:16-23
    8 verses
    86%

    16I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

    18But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--

    19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

    20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

    22He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

  • Luke 23:25
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    25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

  • Matt 27:20-26
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    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

    21But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

    24So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

    25All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"

    26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

  • Mark 15:8-9
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    8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

    9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Mark 15:11-16
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    11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

    14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

    15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

    16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

  • Mark 15:6
    76%

    6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

  • John 19:15-16
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    15They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

    16So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

  • Matt 27:15-17
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    15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

    16They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

    17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

  • Matt 27:2
    74%

    2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Acts 13:28
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    28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

  • John 18:29-32
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    29Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

    31Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

    32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

  • Luke 23:13-14
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    13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

    14and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • John 18:39
    73%

    39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Luke 23:1
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    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

  • Luke 23:3-4
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    72%

    3Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

    4Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

  • John 19:6
    71%

    6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

  • John 19:22
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    22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

  • Mark 15:2
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    2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

  • John 19:1
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    1So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.

  • John 19:13
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    13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

  • Mark 15:24
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    24Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.